Devinuwara Pillar Inscription of Parakramabahu VI
The Devinuwara Pillar Inscription of King Parakramabahu VI (Sinhala: හයවන පරාක්රමබාහු රජුගේ දෙවිනුවර ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. The slab The pillar is 2 ft. 4 inches tall and 1 ft. 2.5 inches wide ( Paranavitana, 1953; Ranawella, 2005) . The thickness of the stone is 8 inches (Ranawella, 2005). It was discovered somewhere in Devinuwara and later brought to the present location for conservation (Paranavitana, 1953). The inscription has been engraved on the obverse face as well as on two sides of the pillar. The first side contains 14 lines of writing and the second side has 13 lines (Ranawella, 2005) . The third face has 9 lines of writing (Ranawella, 2005) . Content The script and the language of the inscription are Sinhala of the 15th century A.D. and they show about the same stage of development as that of the Madavala Rock Inscription of Parakramabahu VI (Paranavitana, 1953; Ranawella, 2005). It is dated in the 14t…
